| Vamos a Cuba | |
| Author: | Alta Schreier |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Subject: | Geography |
| Published: | 2001 (Heinemann) |
| Pages: | 32 |
| Isbn: | 1-57572-384-0 |
| Oclc: | 43757474 |
Vamos a Cuba (Spanish, 'Let's Go to Cuba') is a children's book by Alta Schreier about Cuba.
Critics say that the book does not accurately represent life in the communist state. When Miami-Dade County Public Schools attempted to remove this book from the public school's library system the ACLU filed a lawsuit saying that it was a violation of the First Amendment.
A federal appeals court ruled that the Miami-Dade School Board did not violate the Constitution in 2006 when it removed a controversial children's book about Cuba from the public schools' library system.
In a 2-1 decision, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta said the board did not breach the First Amendment, and ordered a Miami federal judge to lift a preliminary injunction that had allowed Vamos a Cuba to be checked out from school libraries.[1]
The US Supreme Court declined to hear the legal challenge, so the book removal stands.[2]